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AWM Directors Author New Book on US Policy in Afghanistan
In the years following 9/11, U.S. policy in Afghanistan has received little scrutiny, either from the media or the public. Despite official claims of democracy and women’s freedom, Afghanistan has yet to emerge from the ashes of decades-long war. Through in-depth research and detailed historical context, AWM Co-Directors, Sonali Kolhatkar and James Ingalls report on the injustice of U.S. policies in Afghanistan historically and in the post-9/11 era.
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“Afghanistan Found Me”
An interview with journalist and activist Sonali Kolhatkar, by Julie Sabatier. Continue reading
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Afghanistan’s Buzkashi Parliament
Women in parliament are more than a little upset with the men, especially the former mujahedin, whom they see as a misogynistic bunch intent on keeping them down. Continue reading
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Daily dangers fail to silence politician
Despite threats to her life and angering her fellow lawmakers, an Afghan woman is on a quest to rid parliament of warlords. Continue reading
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Malalai Joya Concludes Successful US Tour
Afghan parliamentarian, Malalai Joya toured the United States in March 2006, addressing thousands of Americans in community forums, panels, college campuses, and local churches.
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Canada’s Debt to Afghanistan
In the midst of a public debate about Canadian troops in Afghanistan, a Montreal audience heard a stark message about what the majority of Afghani people want, but aren’t getting from occupying forces: disarmament, justice and reparations. Continue reading
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Young member of Afghan Parliament speaks out against warlord colleagues
Lacing her trembling fingers around a cup of green tea, Malalai Joya lowers her voice and explains, “Every day as I am leaving the Parliament building in Kabul, I wonder if someone is waiting outside to kill me.”
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Afghan politician contrasts with student
Rahmatullah Hashemi and Malalai Joya seemingly have much in common. Both are 27, come from the same region of Afghanistan and are interested in international relations. But the similarities between Hashemi, silver-tongued former spokesman for the Taliban, and Joya, one of the new Afghani Parliament’s youngest members, end there. Not long ago, while Hashemi toured the United States defending the public murder of unchaste women, Joya risked her life to teach girls — which at the time was a capital crime. Continue reading
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If Yale’s president wants to educate a deserving Afghan, I’ve got just the woman for him
The BBC calls Malalai Joya the most famous woman in Afghanistan. On Thursday the 27-year-old women’s rights activist, a member of the Afghan Parliament, mounted a stage at Yale and turned her fire on the university’s decision to admit a former Taliban official as a special student.
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Joya talks on Afghanistan, Hashemi
Female Afghan parliamentarian Malalai Joya criticized current U.S. policy in Afghanistan, as well as the presence of former Taliban spokesman and foreign ministry official Sayed Rahmatullah Hashemi as a special non-degree student at Yale, both during and after her speech, “Women’s Rights, Warlords, and the U.S. Occupation of Afghanistan” on Thursday night. Continue reading
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